sensation vs faculty

sensation and faculty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sensation	Yes	No	No	No
faculty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, faculty is a hypernym of sensation; that is, faculty is a word with a broader meaning than sensation:

Other hypernyms of sensation include mental faculty, module.

sensation (noun)	faculty (noun)
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation	one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended	the body of teachers and administrators at a school
a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
a state of widespread public excitement and interest